Simulated kerchief



sept. 2, 195s B, COHEN 2,849,722

SIMULATED KERCHIEF Filed Nov. 21, 1955 INVENTOR. BENJAM IN Con-EN UMATTY.

United StatesPatent 2,849,722 smULATEn KERCHIEF Benjamin Cohen, FairfaxCounty, Va. Application November 4, 1955, Serial No. 545,022 2 Claims.(Cl. 2.-279) This invention relates generally to apparel and moreparticularly to a kerchief to be worn in an outer pocket of an outergarment. Y

'It is the principal object of this invention to provide a simulatedkerchief for use in the breast pocket of an outer garment, such as asuit coat, w-hich is preformed into the desired shape, easily insertablein the pocket, always lies llat in the pocket, and which is readilylaunderable for re-use.

The pocket handkerchief now generally used, for dress Wearing, is rstfolded as desired, then placed in the breast pocket of the suit coat sothat only the upper end of the handkerchief is exposed. This requiresItime to properly fold the material of the handkerchief and in arrangingit in the pocket to the satisfaction of the wearer. Also, thehandkerchief when thus folded is quite bulky and tends to create anunsightly bulge in the pocket in which it is inserted. All of theseforegoing objections will be obviated by the present invention whichincludes among its features a `generally rectangular body of plasticmaterial readily receivable in the breast pocket of a suit coat so thatone end portion thereof will extend outwardly from the top of thepocket, and a wrapper of textile material of a selected color andtexture enveloping the exposed end portion of the sheet of material tosimulate a kerchief, along with means for securing the wrapper on thesheet of material.

Other objects and -advantages will become apparent from the followingdetailed description, forming the specication, and taken in conjunctionwith accompanying drawing, in which: l

Figure l is a perspective view of `the simulated kerchief embodying thisinvention shown in lthe pocket of a garment;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the simulated kerchief;

Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view taken along line 4-4 of Figure 2; and

Figure 5 is a perspective View of the kerchief showing the manner inwhich the textile material is folded about the sheet of backing materiaA backing sheet of Iflat relatively stiff material, generally indicatedat 10, is shown as being of generally rectangular form and preferablymade of a plastic material which may be clear or colored as desired. Oneend portion 12 may have the corners beveled 'as at 14. The other endportion 16 of the sheet 10 is enveloped by `a covering, generallyindicated at 18.

The cover 18 is of a suitable text-ile material of desired color andweave. "Preferably, the cover 18 is rectangular in shape,`hemmed alongits periphery, and folded over upon itself along its longitudinalcenterline or axis to define a backing sheet receiving space between thefolds 20 and 22.

As shown in Figure 5, received between the folds the sheet has its endportion 16 20 and 22 adjacent one end ICC portion 24 of the cover sothat the end portion 24 can be folded back upon lthe portion of coverinwhich the sheet vend Aportion 16 :is received. The other, larger endportion 26 of the cover extends from the opposite side of the sheet 10and is Ealso folded back -onto the portion yof Ythe folds in which theend portion V16 is received. Thus, the cover end portion 26 will extendentirely across one face 28 of the sheet, which may be termed the backor rear face. A tab 30 extends from the end portion 26 and is foldedback onto the end portion 26 to the same distance as the end portion 24extends from the adjacent side 32 of the backing sheet.

The tab 30 is placed in overlying registration with the end portion 24on the rear face of the end portion 16 of the backing sheet. A line ofstitching` 34 is employed to extend along the lower edges of the folds20 and 22 in their enveloped position about the sheet 10 to secure thecover 18 to the upper end portion 16 of the sheet. The folds 20 and 22,the end portion 24 and sheet 10 are tacked together at 35 as clearlyshown in Figure 2 of the drawing.

If desired, selected initials 36 may be placed on the outer face 38ofthe fold 22 adjacent one corner, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

In use, the simulated kerohief, generally indicated at 40, will beplaced in the breast pocket 42 of a suit coat 44,

or other suitable outer garment, so that the backing sheet will bereceived in the pocket with the upper end 16 thereof carrying thetextile cover 18 thereon projecting above and outwardly from the pocketopening 46. Thus, a portion of the front face 38 of the fold 22 of lthecover will also extend out of the pocket opening to simulate a kerchiefin the pocket.

In order-to have the desired area of the front face 38 exposed from thepocket 42 in the event the depth of the pocket is shallow, it is merelynecessary to cut off the required amount of the backing sheet from thelower end- -portion 12 thereof since the length of the backing sheetwill be of such dimension as to iit the depth of the normal breastpocket.

The invention may be provided in other specilic forms without departingfrom the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The presentembodiment is, therefore, to be considered in all respects asillustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the invention isindicated as claimed rather than by the foregoing description, and allchanges which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of theinvention as claimed are, therefore, intended to be embraced.

-I claim:

l. A simulated kerchief adapted to be inserted into the opening of apocket of an outer garment, comprising a rectangular backing sheet -ofrelatively stiff material and of a size readily insertable into thepocket opening with one end portion thereof projecting outwardly throughthe pocket opening, and a cover of textile material carried by saidbacking sheet and enveloping said outwardly projecting end portion ofthe Sheet, said cover having a pair of contiguous folds arranged in faceto face relation to define therebetween a sheet receiving spacereceiving said projecting end portion therein intermediate its ends andthe longitudinal edges of said folds terminating ata locationintermediate the ends of said sheet closely adjacent said projecting endportion, each of sai-d folds having a tab at one end thereof, said tabsarranged in overlying relation to each other and overlying one of saidfolds on one face of said sheet adjacent one end of sheet, an endportion carried on each of said folds at the other end thereof a1'-ranged in overlying relation to each other and extending across said oneface of said sheet to overlie said tabs, and stitching passing throughsaid fold end portions, said tabs,

said folds and said sheet adjacent the projecting end portion thereof tosecure the parts together.

2. A simulated kerchief adapted to be inserted into the opening of abreast pocket of an outer garment, comprising a backing sheet of flatrelatively stiff material having one end portion thereof projectingoutwardly through said pocket opening, a cover of flexible materialhaving a plurality of contiguous folds to define between an adjacentpair of said folds `a space within which the said outwardly projectingone end portion of said sheet is received whereby said cover will be inenveloping relation about sz sheet and exposed outwardly through saidpocket openii and means for securing said cover on said backing sheet.

5 References Cited in the le of this patent v UNITED STATES PATENTS2,079,139 Woof May 4, 191 2,539,182 Brown Jan. 23, 191 10 2,722,013Fisher Nov. 1J 19.'

